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In voting. its in the constitution. those were the type of arguments segregationists made, jim crow authoritarians, decade after decade after decade after decade in this country. as they flogged multiracial democracy to death underneath the table as they gave those speeches. we are not discriminating. the law says we cant. anyone can vote. this is how senator james eastland of mississippi, notorious segregationist, the voice to the white south, put it to mike wallace. >> are you suggesting that ...

We >> will have the circumstances. >> anybody who is qualified can vote. >> mississippi senator, 1957. we have no voting qualifications based on race. of course, why would we. its in the constitution we cant. the constitution ratified in 1870, when mississippi was under federal occupation. theyre all seeing the same thing. strong thurman, james eastland, and well, mitch mcconnell, 64 years later. and mcconnell says, as he is threatening to filibuster the whole set of legislation meant to affirm ...

The first is that this is unnecessary. every state has enacted some legislation making a unlawful to intimidate a voter or to hinder him in these second exercises of his voting. rights penalties have been provided for such violations. we dont need new laws to protect the right to vote. certainly not to protect against discrimination of race. its in the constitution. those were the type of arguments segregation is made. jim crow authoritarian, decade after decade after decade, in this country. as...

Fight the laws in every state while allowing the party to benefit from it. thats what he wants. and the nonchalance, the pretending that it doesnt matter, is so similar to what we heard from supporters of jim crow like segregationist senator james eastland from mississippi in 1957. listen to him. >> we have no voting qualifications based on race. >> under those circumstances -- >> not at all. and anybody who is qualified can vote. i would like to see if just what we have, that everyone who is qu...

Heard from supporters of jim crow like segregationist senator james eastland from mississippi in 1957. listen to him. >> we have no voting qualifications based on race. >> under those circumstances -- >> not at all. and anybody who is qualified can vote. i would like to see if just what we have, that everyone who is qualified should vote. >> qualified by reason of? >> our qualifications that are written in the law that apply to all races alike. >> and you think that no tougher literacy test shou...